The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-04-26
The B. B. Entertainment.

The second performance in aid of the
funds of the British Benevolent Society was
given at the Opera House on Saturday night.
The house was fairly well filed, and the
audience was very appreciative. The pro-
gramme consisted of five tableaux and a
repetition of the farce "His Last Legs
The opening tabeau, "a Marriage Under
the Directory" wss a reproduction of Kaem-
merer's well-known picture. The tableau
had been arranged by Mrs. w. G. Irwin, and
was a most artistic production. The old
time, dresses were most faithfully repro
duced, and Mrs. Irwin, as the bride, was as
lovely as all brides should be, while Mr.. w.
Morse made handsome and manly groom.
The brides ear was turned to her gay spouse,
as the poet sang when he told her to guess
what songs are singing Within"
Herken, and you will hear
" Ma Mic,
Ma douce annie
Responds mes amours.
Fidele
A cette belle
Je Haimerai tout ours."
The central figures were well supported,
and the effect was excellent. The audience
was then spirited away to Marguerite's gar
den, and Marguerite Miss MIST was count
ing the daisy petals, while the clear voice of
Miss Bertha Won Holt rang out in the "Daisy
Song" and Faust Mr.. Hay Wodehouse)
looked anxiously for the moment when Mar
guerite will say, "she loves men' A second
scene was the moment when the "Parlate
d'amor" is sung, the most exquisite love
duet ever written, suggestion of which was
most appropriately played by Mr.. Berger.
The shadow of evils to come was shown by
the grinning head of Mephistopheles Mr..
Eben Low peeping around the cottage at
the lovers. Mrs. Jordan must be congratu-
lated on her success with this tableau.
And now from the garden of love to the
prison cell-Beatrice Cenci on her way to
execution. Foremost is the stalwart jailer
Hon. Sam Parker, and following dozen
nuns with lighted taperS, solemn, somber,
black The Abbess Miss Swanzy) is read
ing from her breyiary as she PAGES toward
the place of doom. By her side, arrayed in
the brilliant robes of her rank, wealth of
golden hair streaming over her shoulders,
her slender wrists bound with coarse rope,
her eyes raised appealingly TO heaven, is
Beatrice Miss Aileen Ivers). The contrast
of this fair and beautiful figure to the melan-
choly surroundings was perfect. Again and
again did the audience call for the curtain
to be raised, and loud we're the plauditS as
the tableau was once more seen. Mrs. Wode-
house and Mrs. W. T. Allen, who arranged
the tableau, were certainly very fortunate In
their choice of a Beatrice, a more lovely i'm
PRESERVATION could not have been given.
Mrs. Irwin prepared a surprise for her
audience when the curtain vent up aud
showed Messrs. Hendry and Winter arrayed
as Raphaers CherubS, while Master Halll-
days head and IL pair of wings was lowering
like a butterfly over them, and hearty
laugh rippled through the house at the in
congruOus absurdity.
Lastly came the Return of the Reapers,n
arranged BY Mrs. Alatau L. Atkinson, who
was assisted by Mr.. Tayernier in posing the
figures. The scene was very bright and real
istic. Six young ladies, Misses Belle Louis
son, Edie Mist, Zoe Atkinson, Ruth Benson,
May Atkinson and Oracle Robertsonin bright
dresses, the colOrs admirably hsrmOniZed,
carrying rskeS, bundles of wheat and reaping
hooks, occupied the foreground. Behind was
heavily laden wagon, gaily decked with
wreaths, and crowd of merry reapers tsp
ping to the music of a burly piper, around
whom clustered group of happy children.
while the priest MIR. Montgomery Mather)
paced sedstely by its side. The tableau was
II success, and the audience heartily ex-
pressed their satisfaction.
The entertainment concluded with the
farce of His Last Legs which was played
with go from beginning to end. Never
has Mr.. Godfrey Brown done more justice to
the irrepressible 0Callaghan; his impotence,
his inimitable asides, mis- quaint attitudes,
kept the house in a roar. Mrs. Strong's
Julia was admirably conceived, and materi-
ally assisted the versatile Irishman, and high
praise must be given Miss King for her per-
sons ton of Mrs. Montague. Mr.. f. Hast
ings Charles was rendered with dash and
spirS Mr. Won Holt as Rivers was an excel
lent aud representation of eussy
old the minor parts Of John and